Shoe skate



Feb. 9, 1932. v, BACHAND 1,844,025

SHOE SKATE Filed March 24, 1931 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 A Home y V. BACHANDFeb. 9, 1932.

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gzmm A ilorney Inventor Patented Feb. 9, 1932 UNITED STT ENT oFFlcs IVICTOR BACI-IAND, or WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS SHOE SKATE Applicationfiled March 24,1931." Serial No. 524,996.

The present invention relates to a shoe skate and has for its primeobject to provide and durable, easy to manipulate, compact andconvenient in its arrangement of parts, thoroughly efficient andreliable in use and other- 16 wise well adapted to the purpose forWhlCll it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved skatestructure attached to a shoe.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the skate. Figure 3 is a bottom plan viewthereof. Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the shoe attachment.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 55 ofFigure 1.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 ofFigure 1.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 7-7 ofFigure 4, and

Figure 8 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a projecting portionof the skate sole plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail it will i be seen that the numeral 5denotes a plate to be attached under thesole of a shoe and is formedwith an enlarged opening therein and on its side has depressed therefrompocket portions 6. the inner portions of the side walls of which areprovided with notches 7 Numeral 8 denotes a heel plate adapted to beattached to the heel of a shoe and is formed with an enlarged openingand has its sides provided with depressed pockets 9 op-- tive. portionsof the shoes 7 attached and may be made of sheet metal or the likehaving the desired resiliency or flexis 'tions or corners 15 to bereceived in 16 in the bottom thereof disposed versely and-adapted toslidably receive por- :tiOn 10. c p

Now to put the skate on the shoe. the

posite each other and its front formed with a depressed portion 10 soasto properly support the heel of the shoe in walking in conjunctionwith the portions 9. These plates 5 and 8,- of course, are shaped to towhich they are bility necessary for comfortable walking to and from theskating pohd or, other'skating Places. a r

The skate comprises a bladejor runner 11 of any desired formation andhas supported above its front portion a) sole plate 12' and above itsrearportion a heel plate 14;. The 5 sole plate 12 has its intermediateportion restricted in width to form a pair of projecpockets groovestrans- 6. i The heel plate 7 is formed with ti'ons' a ofangular shapedmembers 17, The other portions 6 have threaded therethrough threadedportions of a shaft 18 journalled through a portion 19 0f the blade 14is attached.

7 v It'will be noted by an inspection of'Figure {3 that the shaft 18 isoppositely threaded on lts'end portions so that whenthe shaft is turnedby means of a key or the like engaged with the square ends 20 thereof,the members 17 will be either drawn toward each other or moved away fromeach other. In the forward edge of the'plate 14 there is provided anotch 21 to receive theprojecthe blade to which skate is placedthereunder and then slid rearwardly causing the projections 15 to slidethrough the notches 7 and to be seated in the pockets 6. Then the shaft18 is turned to move the members 17 away from each other so that theywill project into the pockets 9. Thus the skate is very securelyattached to the shoe with practically the same efliciency andeffectiveness as the combination shoes and skates now commonly in use.

-It is thought thatthe construction, operation, utility and advantagesof this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled his inthis art without a more detailed description thereof.

The present embodiments of the invention have been described inconsiderable detail merely for the purposes of exemplification since inactual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated asdesirable in the statement of the invention and the above description.

It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and inthe combina tion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In combination, a plate adapted to be attached to a shoe sole andformed with pockets having notches leading thereinto, a skate having asole plate with project-ions which may be slid into said pockets, aplate adapted to be attached to a shoe heel and having oppositelydisposed pockets, a heel plate on the skate, members slidable laterallyin the skate heel plate to project into the shoe heel plates pockets,and means for actuating said members.

2. In combination, a plate adapted to be attached to a shoe sole andformed with pockets having notches leading thereinto, a skate having asole plate with projections which may be slid into said pockets, a plateadapted to be attached to a shoe heel and having oppositely disposedpockets, a heel plate on the skate, members slidable laterally in theskate heel plate to project into the shoe heel plates pockets, a shaftjournalled through the skate and having oppolsgitely threaded portionsengaged in the memers.

3. In combination, a plate for attachment to a shoe sole and formed witha laterally extending pocket forming part at each side thereof, a skatehaving a sole plate formed with a folded part at its side edges, thepocket forming portion having notches in their sides through which thefolded part will pass into the pocket, and means for detachablyconnecting the heel of the stake to the heel of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.-

VICTOR BACHAND.

